2016 Vote

BBG Watch Commentary A U.S. federal government employee who works as a reporter for taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and collects a six-figure salary has reposted on a personal but public Facebook page a photo of North Korean communist leader…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary According to new U.S. media reports, including those in Business Insider and Politico, text messages between two FBI agents assigned to the ongoing investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion with President…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE A video reposted on December 1, 2016 by a Voice of America (VOA) reporter on a personal but publicly accessible Facebook page and still visible as of November 21, 2017, includes such descriptions of President Trump…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary As early as in June 2016, Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett was informed in an email sent by an outside international media expert that some VOA English Newsroom reporters were posting politically biased (for those…Read more

OPINION Full Meltdown Mode Broadcasting Board of Governors and Voice of America: Information War Lost By The Federalist Let’s get to the point: John Lansing (chief executive officer [CEO] Broadcasting Board of Governors) and Amanda Bennett (Voice…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) was for Hillary Clinton in 2016, as was the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Hopefully, former DNC head Donna Brazile’s explosive revelations how key DNC staffers worked with Hillary Clinton to derail the…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Is President Donald Trump undermining freedom of the press in the United States or abroad as the U.S. tax-funded ($221 million, FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA), part of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal agency…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary As accusations that Russia placed political ads on Facebook during the 2016 U.S. election campaign are being reported by the New York Times and other media outlets, and were later denied by the Russian government and in…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary As reported this week by CBS News and other media, Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate for president in 2016, said in discussing her recently published book: “I had not drafted a…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Post and other media reported extensively on former Secretary of State and 2016 unsuccessful Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s attacks in her new book on her one-time rival for Democratic Party nomination Senator Bernie…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary As reported by The Washington Post and others, Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it sold ads totaling $100,000 during the U.S. presidential campaign to a Russian company, believed to be pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda. According to media…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE The Voice of America (VOA) is a poorly managed, U.S. taxpayer-funded entity ($221 million in FY 2017) no longer sure about its mission after the Cold War. Run by Obama administration era appointees, some of Voice…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary In the department of misleading news being repeated by mainstream media while the real story is exactly the opposite of what is reported, a comment made to National Public Radio (NPR) by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Editor’s Note: A critique of misleading media reports about the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) — most if not all of which are believed to have been initiated by BBG and Voice of America (VOA) officials and/or…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Republican member Matt Armstrong, who has resigned his position on the BBG board, told contacts in Congress that he has lost faith and confidence in the ability of the BBG Chief…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) has removed from the web its special project “Trump Inauguration Bingo” after BBG Watch exposed it as a further evidence of some VOA reporters, editors and managers continuing to mock President Trump, his…Read more

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The long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio. To be effective, the Voice of America must win the attention and respect of listeners. These principles will therefore govern Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts:

1. VOA will serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news. VOA news will be accurate, objective, and comprehensive.

2. VOA will represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions.

3. VOA will present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively, and will also present responsible discussions and opinion on these policies.

Gerald R. Ford

President of the United States of America

Signed July 12, 1976

Public Law 94-350

Violations of VOA Charter

In 2016, the Voice of America posted one-sided attacks on Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in violation of the VOA Charter.